Chapter 558

Feeling inexplicably flustered, Eliana subconsciously raised her hand to cover Maurice’s eyes.

“Stop looking…”

At that moment, Maurice was hopelessly immersed in the agonizing memories of his past. But Eliana’s

voice was like a lifeline, pulling him back to reality and saving him from drowning in his pain.

Was she worried about him?

Maurice pulled her hand away from his eyes and pretended to be calm. “I’m not scared.”

Eliana pursed her lips. How stubborn was this man? Did he think that she was blind? He had no idea

how bad he looked just now!

However, she couldn’t help but feel sorry for him.

Instead of exposing his lie, she said, “You’re not scared, but I am.”

As she spoke, she moved closer to him, and threw her arms around Maurice.

At such a close distance, she could clearly see the truth: Maurice’s face was ghastly pale.

He was just pretending to be tough.

Overwhelmed by the need to comfort him, Eliana hugged him tightly and continued, “I’m a little scared.

Maurice, can you just let me hug you for a while?”

Maurice gladly grasped at the excuse to hold Eliana in his arms, as if he was clutching at the last piece

of driftwood. The warmth of her skin and the scent drifting from her neck finally helped relax him.

They had gone to watch a horror movie, but the two of them seemed to have their own moment. On the

way back, they were much closer than before.

Soon, they arrived at Eliana’s apartment building.

When the car stopped, Eliana looked out of the window and broke the silence first.

“Thank you, Maurice. I had a good time today. I’ll leave now.”

While speaking, she didn’t dare to meet Maurice’s eyes, and her whole face was flushed red. As soon

as she finished her words, she unfastened her seatbelt and got out of the car.

Maurice, who had just taken out a gift box to give to Eliana, was surprised to see that she was no

longer in her seat.

When he raised his eyes, he saw her standing outside the car, waving goodbye to him through the

window.

“Bye. Be careful on the way,” she said with a smile.

Sitting in a stunned silence, Maurice put the gift box back.

Once again, he felt a stab of irritation.

Nevertheless, as Eliana turned around and went upstairs, he couldn’t help but stare at her receding

back until he saw her disappear into the building.

It was late at night, and the street was quiet except for the sound of crickets chirping. Maurice leaned

against the seat, recalling the warm hug.

But he was soon interrupted by the sound of his phone ringing.

Once again, it was a call from Harriet.

What an annoying woman!

With a disdainful smile on his face, Maurice picked up the phone. As soon as he answered the call,

Harriet’s voice came from the other end of the line.

“Mr. Moran, even if my uncle did make a mistake, how could you do that to him?”

“All I did was break one of his hands. It’s a small price for provoking me. Tell him that if he dares to do it

next time, I won’t be so lenient.”

With those words, Maurice curtly hung up the phone.

At this time, Harriet was visiting her uncle Kelvin in the hospital. Fuming at how abruptly Maurice had

hung up on her, she tightened her grip on the phone.

Maurice was obviously acting like this because he didn’t take her and the Stone Group seriously at all!

Kelvin was lying in the hospital bed, sweating profusely because of the pain, but he still tried to added

fuel to the fire.

He complained tearfully, “He broke my hand just for that little bitch, Eliana! Can you stand it, Harriet? I

won’t let this go anyway! I already told your mother about this. I won’t rest without getting revenge!”

As soon as Harriet heard Eliana’s name, the anger inside her turned into jealousy.

Eliana? It was that bitch again!

As long as Eliana was in the picture, Harriet knew that she could never get Maurice.

How could she let this go?

In front of Kelvin, who now considered Maurice as an enemy, she didn’t mind letting down her disguise.

With unconcealed resentment and fury in her eyes, she looked so evil that it send a chill down Kelvin’s

spine.

“Uncle Kelvin, you want to get revenge, right? Have you found out where Eliana lives now?”

Harriet swore to herself that this time, she would get rid of Eliana once and for all.

Lying down in her bedroom, Eliana suddenly sneezed for no reason.

Was someone thinking about her?

Could it be Maurice?

The memory of tonight’s date flashed through her mind, instantly bringing a smile to her face.

The date with Maurice reminded her of her beautiful school days.

With a sweetened heart, Eliana slept soundly that night.